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en-usCopyright 2015 AOL, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/14/diggs-nightcrawler-walking-with-dinosaurs-are-two-new-chapters/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/14/diggs-nightcrawler-walking-with-dinosaurs-are-two-new-chapters/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/14/diggs-nightcrawler-walking-with-dinosaurs-are-two-new-chapters/#commentsSony's augmented-reality Move accessory, Wonderbook, has two new, official stories to tell: Diggs Nightcrawler and BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs. We heard the Diggs Nightcrawler name at E3 this year, but today at its Gamescom press conference Sony showed a video, featuring a multi-armed insect detective in a noir setting as he solves fairy tale crimes. Diggs Nightcrawler is in development from Moonbot Studios.

Walking with Dinosaurs, from Supermassive Games and the BBC, allows players to interact with a range of extinct creatures, including T-rexes and Allosauruses, in a suspiciously educational way.

Disney has also signed on to lend its properties to Wonderbook, though Sony has yet to reveal any details about potential titles. Sony also showed off more footage of Book of Spells, the Harry Potter Wonderbook game, leading us to conclude that this bit of hardware is indeed intended for a family audience.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>book-of-spellsgamescom-2012moveplaystationps3SONYwalking-with-dinosaurswonderbookTue, 14 Aug 2012 14:02:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/augmented-story-time-closer-look-at-wonderbook-book-of-spells/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/augmented-story-time-closer-look-at-wonderbook-book-of-spells/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/augmented-story-time-closer-look-at-wonderbook-book-of-spells/#commentsIf you're going to demonstrate Wonderbook, it really should be done in a living room. Or, in Sony's case, in a fake living room set up on the second story of an E3 booth. We joined Sony senior producer George Weising - sitting cross-legged on our fake living room rug, naturally - and got a dose of Harry Potter-infused, Move-enabled virtual magic, courtesy of Wonderbook: Book of Spells.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is contributing to Sony's Wonderbook franchise, an AR system that uses the PS Eye, an oversized book and, at times, Move. The trailer above introduces Book of Spells and the one below has an overview of Wonderbook itself.

Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling has contributed Book of Spells to Sony's Wonderbook endeavor, using the Move controller as a wand. Sony demoed Book of Spells, showing off a few spells and features such as earning house points and unlocking poems about unfortunate Hogwarts students. Wonderbook launches this holiday and is one of many books Sony has planned.

Book of Spells will build off of Pottermore, the Harry Potter multimedia social and fan site.